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Bulgaria’s latest nuclear u-turn

26 January 2021

PM Boyko Borissov indicated plans for the new Belene nuclear power plant will be dropped and the equipment purchased used to expand the existing Kozloduy NPP.

TPDC to build five CNG filling stations in Dar es Salaam

26 January 2021

Tanzania Petroleum Development Corp. (TPDC) has announced plans to build five new CNG filling stations in Dar es Salaam before the end of the current fiscal year.

Martins: Sonangol will keep its stake in Galp

26 January 2021

Sebastião Gaspar Martins, the CEO of Angola’s national oil company (NOC) Sonangol, has said that his company does not intend to sell its minority stake in Portugal’s Galp Energia.

Total CEO, Mozambican president discuss security for LNG project

26 January 2021

Filipe Nyusi, the president of Mozambique, met with Patrick Pouyanné, the chairman and CEO of France’s Total last week to discuss security conditions in the northern Cabo Delgado province.

Woodside successfully pre-empts FAR’s sale of Sangomar stake

26 January 2021

Australia’s Woodside Energy has moved forward with its bid to pre-empt the sale of a minority stake in RSSD, the joint venture that is developing the Sangomar block offshore Senegal, to an Indian firm.

Kazakhstan planning second online oil and gas auction

26 January 2021

On offer are five idle oilfields and 10 blocks spanning nine tracts in Aktyubinsk Region and three blocks in Atyrau Region.

T&T rejects labour union’s bid for Petrotrin, announces plans for another sale

25 January 2021

The government of Trinidad and Tobago said last week that it had rejected a local trade union’s bid for the Petrotrin oil refinery in Point-a-Pierre and would instead make another attempt to sell the facility.

Port of Spain to launch next deepwater licensing round by end-2021

25 January 2021

Franklin Khan, the prime minister of Trinidad and Tobago, has revealed that his government intends to launch its next deepwater bidding round before the end of this year.

BW Energy increases stake In Kudu gas field

25 January 2021

BW Energy (Norway) has concluded a farm-in and carry agreement for Kudu, an offshore natural gas field, with the National Petroleum Corporation of Namibia (NAMCOR).

ReconAfrica prepares for deep Kavango Basin survey

25 January 2021

Canada’s Reconnaissance Energy Africa (ReconAfrica) has announced plans to carry out a 2D seismic survey of its acreage in the deep Kavango basin.